GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| scoff | an expression of scorn, derision, or contempt : gibe |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| occident | west |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |